Colette Tocca for women

Colette is the only scent by Tocca that I enjoy. Its feminine, soft, not at all offensive. A medium-sweet/creamy- the vanilla is noticeable, as well as the musk. I originally discovered this perfume after a co-worker wore a scarf of mine, and returned it smelling so pleasant! (Also proof of its longevity!)

Very light and sits close to the skin. At first, it is lemony and a bit soapy, very clean but not a hint of furniture polish. Then it settles into a very lovely soft scent of citrus, powdery notes, soft florals and the slightest hint of vanilla. This fragrance eeems to evolve from an almost unisex scent to pure feminine. I love the drydown. This is very, very light, however, and I agree with the other reviewers who say this fades away far too quickly.

I really like this scent. It's great for every day; light, beautiful, soft and alluring. I enjoy the powdery/woody dry down as well. I just wish it lasted longer on my skin. I like it enough that I just re-apply, which is probably better than marinating in it and hoping it will last all day. I enjoy the Tocca line of scents and think that they are over-all very good.

Sweet.. with subtle vanilla... and that incense note is great!! Mixed with the musk, amber, vanilla and sandalwood, I would think it would be quite overpowering, but it's not at all... it's really quite soft.

Colette starts really clean, nearly transparent and reminds me of Blvgari pour Homme but a bit more citrusy (due to the bergamont) and less masculine; somehow it has this paper quality which makes me feel this perfume is bookish in a nice way.

Later on, the perfume gets a bit deeper and matures with some personality, like a wine. I can smell the peppercorn and violet and something like pages of an old book. All these are blended nicely.

The final dry down is vanilla-y in a really discreet fashion, nothing much, not too overly typical vanilla, not too woody, just a trace of faint un-sweetened non-cake-y woody vanilla.

Colette is a skin scent to me, subtle, quite, with a minimal sillage, much more idea as a skin scent than some floral or musky ones.

This is my favourite from the Tocca line, and the most unique one I would say. It's dusty, musky, earthy and woody. It's not sweet at all - in fact, this could easily be a unisex scent. The dry incense, musk, juniper and cedar are most prominent to me. Vanilla and sandalwood add a bit of smoothness. The lasting power has been much better in comparison to several of the other Tocca perfumes I sampled....9+ hours later and the scent is still on my skin from one spritz. Beautiful!

picked up a bottle of colette quite randomly from among her identical siblings at a posh gift shop yesterday. two spritzes later - i'm in love! I THINK this smells ON me and TO me the way light blue and VS HeavAngels smells on everyone else, but neither are any good on me. i've literally stopped asking, "what's your marvelous perfume?" because i already know they will reply, light blue. my husband smelled it on me years ago and declared it to smell like bad breath. frown. back to colette. 8 hours later i could still smell a miraculous dry-down on my arm, although i'd washed test spray off my hand already. i know i'm not using proper terminology, but i got powdery/feminine/floral softx100! it's the reason i wear burberry brit(for MEN). i just recently bought vicsecrt Incredible. i love it, but it is SO what i always gravitate toward. what is the polar opposite of intuition/euphoria/dune/twilight woods?

I wanted to love this but sadly Colette didn't come through. The green citrus notes disappear almost immediately and I am left with a weak, vaguely floral vanilla. Within half an hour I practically have to smash my wrist up into my nose to smell it at all. If I squint hard enough I can make out a little pepper and incense in the vanilla-dominated drydown. Oddly, this makes me think of a more grown up and less offensive (perhaps at the cost of being noticeable at all) version of Vera Wang's Princess.

This perfume is my favourite yet from Tocca. It is sophistication in a bottle. The vanilla and incense give it some deapth, the fruity notes contribute with some freshness and the flowers make it silki smooth. Simply love it for as long as it lasts which isn't that long, alas, hence I won't be buying it in a hurry.

Colette (edp) dries down VERY quickly, and on my skin the lovely green opening notes rapidly fade into a warm blend dominated by vanilla and incense, the combination of which actually reminds me of pipe tobacco. not offensive (on the contrary, it's actually rather intriguing) but not a scent that suits me since I don't love vanilla.

Tocca COLETTE offers to my nose a light mist of candied clementines amidst jasmine and violets. This is a very likeable composition, but not as oriental as one might have expected. I do not even smell incense, pink pepper, or juniper, all of which are usually salient notes.

COLETTE is said to be an eau de parfum, but the longevity is not good at all, so I'm thinking that this might be very nice at parfum concentration, if that were available... As it stands, COLETTE seems like an affable fruity floral with a citrus bent--nothing terribly deep or complex.

Beautiful peppery and vanilla fume but longetivity on me is about one hour! A bit frustrating - needs a longer lasting version.

I tested this scent today. The juniper berry and pine notes, combined with the pink pepper and deep, warm amber-musk-vanilla base was quite surprising and absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately, the green top notes disappear all too quickly, leaving me with the musky vanilla base. Don't get me wrong; it's nice, but nothing to write home about. If only the green notes last longer... this would be a must have for any vanilla lover. However, I must say, I do like it. It's lovely. But it could have been a truly great scent.

Since Tocca have discontinued Touch I have been searching for a replacement high and low. Sentimental attachment means that I would love to stay with the Tocca brand rather than choosing a more mainstream one. Colette is definitely a pretty scent and I wasn't disappointed when I received it, however it lacks the unexpected base notes of Touch which transform the latter from merely another pretty floral to a sexy fragrance which resides at another level.